Arthurian Literature XIX

by Busby, Keith

• ISBN13: 9780859917452
• ISBN10: 0859917452
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-10-01
• Publisher: Ds Brewer

Summary

The texts analyzed underline the wide dissemination of the Arthurian story in medieval and post-medieval Europe, from Scotland to Italy, while the various analyses of the manifestations of comedy refute the notion of romance as a humourless genre. Indeed, the comic treatment of conventional themes and motifs appears to be not only characteristic of later romance but an essential element of the genre from its beginnings and from its earliest development. Authors of Arthurian romance, from Chr_tien de Troyes to Malory, writing in French, Italian, Middle Dutch, and Middle English, and the creators of an Irish prose-tale, all question the fundamental assumptions of romance and romance values through the medium of comedy. The theme of comedy in Arthurian romance has been developed from the orignal session at the Arthurian Congress in Toulouse. Contributors: ELIZABETH ARCHIBALD, FRANK BRANDSMA, CHRISTINE FERLAMPIN-ACHER, LINDA GOWANS, DONALD L. HOFFMAN, MARGOLEIN HOGENBIRK, NORRIS J. LACY, MARILYN LAWRENCE, BENEDICTE MILLAND-BOVE, PETER S. NOBLE, KAREN PRATT, ANGELICA RIEGER, ELIZABETH S. SKLAR, FRANCESCO ZAMBON.

Table of Contents

General Editor's Foreword	vii
Comedy and Tragedy in Some Arthurian Recognition Scenes	1	(16)
Elizabeth Archibald
Merveilleux et comique dans les romans arthuriens francais (XIIe--XVe siecles)	17	(32)
Christine Ferlampin-Acher
La bande dessinee virtuelle du lion d'Yvain: sur le sens de l'humour de Chretien de Troyes	49	(16)
Angelica Rieger
Convention, Comedy and the Form of La Vengeance Raguidel	65	(12)
Norris J. Lacy
Le comique dans Les Merveilles de Rigomer et Hunbaut	77	(10)
Peter S. Noble
Humour in the Roman de Silence	87	(18)
Karen Pratt
La pratique de la `disconvenance' comique dans le Lancelot en prose: les mesaventures amoureuses de Guerrehet	105	(12)
Benedicte Milland-Bove
Lancelot Part 3	117	(18)
Frank Brandsma
Comic Functions of the Parrot as Minstrel in Le Chevalier du Papegau	135	(18)
Marilyn Lawrence
Dinadan en Italie	153	(12)
Francesco Zambon
A Comical Villain: Arthur's Seneschal in a Section of the Middle Dutch Lancelot Compilation	165	(12)
Marjolein Hogenbirk
Malory and the English Comic Tradition	177	(12)
Donald L. Hoffman
`Laughyng and Smylyng': Comic Modalities in Malory's Tale of Sir Launcelot du Lake	189	(10)
Elizabeth S. Sklar
The Eachtra an Amadain Mhoir as a Response to the Perceval of Chretien de Troyes	199
Linda Gowans